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Posted by Superfired_JN, 08-12-2011, 11:49 AM
I know cloud hosting is the next big thing and I'm aware of all of the advantages to using cloud hosting such as redundancy and scalability. My question is the following - do you really need cloud hosting? Now what I mean is that as a small website owner hosting informational sites, wordpress blogs etc, what would be the advantage for me to pay above the odds for a cloud hosting provider, instead of say some basic hosting for < £20/year. Thanks,
Posted by MikeDVB, 08-12-2011, 11:50 AM
I'd say no, you probably don't need it.
Posted by Layer3, 08-12-2011, 01:18 PM
From the sound of it you really do not need cloud hosting/computing.
Posted by HostXNow_Chris, 08-12-2011, 03:41 PM
A good standard Shared hosting account from a reliable provider using CloudLinux would do.
Posted by TeamHC, 08-13-2011, 02:44 AM
It always depend on you to choose or not. If you want to give your website maximum up-time then you can consider Cloud Hosting.
Posted by PeakWebHosting, 08-15-2011, 01:19 PM
Chances are you don't need it. You probably don't need the scalability or the increase in price either.
Posted by jeremym, 08-18-2011, 01:18 PM
Although you may not need it now the question might be is your site ever going to get large enough and busy enough that would force you to move to something bigger? Sometimes its good to plan ahead and be prepared before its to late. But if the site isn't something that will end up being loaded with visitors you most likely will not need cloud services.
Posted by TheJoker, 08-18-2011, 09:06 PM
From what I read, that depends on your host's interpretation of cloud hosting.
Posted by SingleHop-TJ, 08-19-2011, 12:22 AM
As mentioned, the answer to this question is most often going to be 'it depends'. For your situation specifically, you would want to consider growth projections to help you determine if you require rapid scalability. There will be instances where cloud is not the answer, and instead shared, dedicated, or other will be. Last edited by SingleHop-TJ; 08-19-2011 at 12:29 AM.
Posted by mima, 09-20-2011, 12:40 PM
The point is just to realize what is the best for your business. And of course, Cloud is not always the best solution.
Posted by tchen, 09-20-2011, 01:53 PM
If we're comparing premium tier to premium tier, then practical uptime and reliability on your share hosting will be as good as the cloud. With server grade hardware, there's that 0.1% chance that the shared server's CPU or motherboard will die, but a premium provider will already have multiple servers to temporarily offload the backups onto. So, the answer is no, especially if you fit in a shared plan. In the future, if you expand beyond that, then evaluate it again. There's no point to renting too much now.
Posted by ByteMaster, 09-20-2011, 07:49 PM
Hello Superfired_JN, There are two major reasons to move to a cloud solution (among others of course): 1..Reliability. Cloud, when built correctly, should never go down. 2..Scalable. If your data tends to grow and shrink, using a cloud allows you to just pay for what you use as you use it. However; it does not come cheap (so far). So you need to decide if what you have now is worth the price tag and benefits. To be honest, it does not sound like it. That does not mean that sometime in the future that will change and you will need it. Hopefully you will. Obviously the above is the ten thousand foot answer
Posted by expo09, 09-21-2011, 05:21 AM
No, you don't need cloud hosting. Just because cloud hosting is "the next big thing" doesn't mean it is for everyone. Many can benefit from it (especially sites where traffic fluctuates) but, like any form of web hosting, whether it's best for you are not depends on your site. It doesn't seem like your best option.
Posted by LBBV, 09-21-2011, 06:04 PM
I know, right? Ask 10 people to tell you what the cloud is and you'll get 10 different answers! -- Bill
Posted by monitorscout, 09-22-2011, 10:32 AM
If your website is still small enough for shared web hosting, you might not care about the cloud.. yet. But you will if your website outgrows the resources in your shared hosting plan, because switching to dedicated hosting could cost you as much as ten times more per month! You might not even need most of the resources that a dedicated server provides, so why pay that much when you just need a little more bandwidth and memory? Well, now you dont have to pay more just because you need a few more resources most cloud hosting plans are comparable in price to shared hosting plans.
Posted by jack200, 09-22-2011, 11:22 AM
I think yes for big companies
Posted by dotHostel, 09-22-2011, 11:50 AM
Small businesses can take advantage of "cloud" solutions as cloud hosted email and external backup.
Posted by jack200, 09-25-2011, 09:46 AM
Thanks, you are right
Posted by skyfoxfx, 09-25-2011, 01:54 PM
No, not really. I would only use Cloud if you need the performance, meaning 100% performance, without degrading in performances as load gets higher.
Posted by KazeTech, 09-25-2011, 03:08 PM
If you think you are ready for cloud, just go for it. There is nothing for you to loose.
Posted by MannDude, 09-25-2011, 05:18 PM
Haha, what? Cloud doesn't mean '100% performance'. There are a ton of cloud hosting providers that provide performance that is less than that of the equivalent non-cloud solution. If you're paying $60/Mo for a Cloud VPS (for example), a $60/Mo NON cloud VPS likely has more resources and better disk performance.
Posted by skyfoxfx, 09-25-2011, 06:27 PM
Sorry if I was unclear, You don't 100 percent performance, you just get 100% of your share. Meaning if you have 16 users on one server you would get 100% of 1/16th of the server ex: 16 celerons running in a cluster you only get 1 celeron of the cluster unless you pay for burst same concept applies to vps's. Versus 100% 1ghz 1gb VPS. Sorry If my concept doesn't fit, If I could take that idea from my brain, and put it into yours, you'd understand what i was trying to say.
Posted by tchen, 09-25-2011, 10:25 PM
@skyfoxfx Monitor any cloud long enough and you'll realize that shared tenant performance is not 100% and rather hit-miss at times, mostly due to disk IO issues. The same applies to a standard VPS, but at least with cloud, you do have the option to kill an instance and try your luck again. That said, I do find VPS IO a bit more stable just due to ToS enforcement. Clouds have tended toward an anything-goes attitude so unless you have a high-priority instance size, you're operating at the whim of whomever is sitting next to you.
Posted by skyfoxfx, 09-25-2011, 10:39 PM
I've always favored Vps's anyways. In my eyes, its more isolated, and the only next step above that is a dedicated server. Dedicated > Virtual > Web Hosting. Instead of Cluster > Stuff.
Posted by ZoliSandor, 09-26-2011, 12:44 PM
A basic website or blog doesn't need cloud hosting. You need cloud hosting when you run an online shop, a very large website or a website that gets waves of visitors, for example a website that is made for an event of some kind and get a lot of traffic before the event.
Posted by dediserve, 09-26-2011, 01:49 PM
As a general rule, if you need a VPS or Dedicated server (or have servers colocated) then you can likely save money and gain on features by going to a good cloud... If you need shared hosting, there are lots of shared hosting providers now running on clouds, or on their own cloud backends.
Posted by john3211, 09-26-2011, 02:00 PM
Do you know already what the capacity you will need to run your business in terms of broadband and storage? If you are moving from one option to another and already have real data then it is one thing. However, if your advisors base their estimates on some case of scenario, then it is a totally different thing.
Posted by paulacastromo, 09-26-2011, 02:18 PM
Cloud hosting is an improvement to your business, like keep your vbulleting updated or migrate your site UI into Web 2.0. It is just a decision you have to take if you want to provide more quality to your product.
Posted by dre4m, 09-26-2011, 02:33 PM
Yes, I really need for my business site. I know no hosting really 100% uptime ,but a cloud hosting could be much better than a normal hosting. I saw too many company say their hosting uptime ≈ 99.9, that's absolute ********. I cost too many time to compare which is worse between them. So I need a cloud hosting. the budget under 15$/month for a company site it's reasonable I think ,because win at least a client back to my business, instead of they visit your website and see nothing.

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